[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 66153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-820]


Biodiesel From Argentina: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on biodiesel 
from Argentina for the period October 31, 2017, through March 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable December 3, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the AD order on biodiesel from 
Argentina for the period October 31, 2017, through March 31, 2019.\1\ 
On April 26, 2019, the petitioner \2\ filed a timely request for review 
of 18 exporters and importers, in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\3\ 
Pursuant to this request, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review 
of the order.\4\ On July 18, 2019, Commerce placed entry data on the 
record for purposes of respondent selection.\5\ On July 25, 2019, the 
petitioner, LDC Argentina S.A. (LDC), and Vicentin S.A.I.C. (Vicentin), 
submitted comments on the respondent selection data.\6\ On July 30, 
2019, the petitioner, LDC, and Vicentin submitted rebuttal comments 
regarding the respondent selection data.\7\ On September 10, 2019, the 
petitioner filed a timely withdrawal of request for the administrative 
review with respect to all entities for which it had requested a 
review.\8\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 12207 (April 1, 2019).
    \2\ The petitioner is the National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade 
Coalition, which includes the National Biodiesel Board; American 
GreenFuels, LLC; Archer Daniels Midland Company; Ag Processing Inc a 
cooperative; Crimson Renewable Energy LP; High Plains Bioenergy; 
Integrity Biofuels, LLC; Iowa Renewable Energy, LLC; Lake Erie 
Biofuels dba HERO BX; Minnesota Soybean Processors; New Leaf 
Biofuel, LLC; Newport Biodiesel, LLC; Renewable Biofuels, LLC; 
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.; Western Dubuque Biodiesel, LLC; 
Western Iowa Energy, LLC; and World Management Group LLC dba World 
Energy.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Argentina: Request 
for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated April 
26, 2019.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 27587 (June 13, 2019).
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Biodiesel from Argentina; 2017-2019; Customs Entry 
Data for Respondent Selection,'' dated July 18, 2019.
    \6\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Argentina: 
Comments on CBP Data and Respondent Selection,'' dated July 25, 
2019; see also LDC's and Vicentin's Letter, ``Biodiesel from 
Argentina: Certification of No Shipments and Comments on U.S. 
Customs Entry Data for Respondent Selection,'' dated July 25, 2019.
    \7\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Argentina: 
Coalition Rebuttal Comments on CBP Data and Respondent Selection,'' 
dated July 30, 2019; see also LDC's and Vicentin's Letter, 
``Biodiesel from Argentina: Rebuttal Comments on U.S. Customs Entry 
Data for Respondent Selection,'' dated July 30, 2019.
    \8\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Argentina: 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order,'' dated September 10, 2019.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, the petitioner, who was the only party to file a request 
for review, withdrew its request by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, 
we are rescinding the administrative review of the AD order on 
biodiesel from Argentina for the period August 28, 2017, through 
December 31, 2018, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess AD duties on all appropriate entries of biodiesel from 
Argentina. AD duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated AD duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of this 
notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of AD or countervailing duties prior to 
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure 
to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption 
that reimbursement of duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of 
doubled duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to all parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written notification of 
the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial 
protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the 
regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to 
sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 26, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-26141 Filed 12-2-19; 8:45 am]
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